School Health Assistant II - Kahuku Elementary

Hawaiʻi State Department of Education; Kahuku (HI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid leave

Job summary

Hawaiʻi State Department of Education seeks a School Health Assistant II in Kahuku, Hawaii. This full-time role involves administering first aid, maintaining health records, and liaising with parents regarding student health issues. Candidates must possess a high school diploma and relevant experience in a health-related role. Certification in first aid and CPR is required. The monthly salary is $2,549, and the position offers various benefits including health insurance and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend, and apply written instructions.
• Maintain a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment.
• Experience in administering emergency care and first aid to students.

Responsibilities

• Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students.
• Contacts parents or guardians of ill students regarding their child's condition.
• Maintains a clean health room and adequate supplies.

Skills

Basic health knowledge

Verbal communication

First aid

CPR

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

School Health Assistant II

Position is considered full-time, 6½ hours per day.

Salary

SR-11: $2,549.00 per month.

Responsibilities

• Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students.
• Takes temperature, permits students to rest in the health room as necessary, and periodically observes and talks to students to determine symptoms of illness.
• May administer oral and topical medications only in accordance with strict program guidelines (parental request, physician's order, school health nurse’s approval, and school administration approval).
• As necessary, contacts parents or guardians of ill or injured students to inform them of their child's illness or injury.
• May call for ambulance service in emergencies.
• As directed by the school health nurse, performs various health‑related screening tests on students such as hearing and vision tests, participates in health surveys of students, takes throat swabs in rheumatic fever surveys, and measures students' height and weight.
• Completes appropriate records and refers health records of students that may indicate health problems to the school health nurse.
• Makes visual surveys of school buildings and grounds that may have contributed to injury to students and works with the school health nurse and principal to correct hazardous conditions.
• May give basic health instruction to students.
• May orient and supervise volunteers to assist in conducting screening tests.
• May render emergency first aid care to school staff and administers CPR as necessary.
• Maintains a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment.
• Provides resource information to school staff when requested, recognizing various at‑risk symptoms for referral to appropriate staff.
• Liaison between the home, school, and community in collaborating health services and activities.
• Coordinates health‑related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested.
• Disseminates and coordinates information to employees on wellness activities and/or events for staff members at the discretion of the school principal.
• Advocates a positive and informative health and wellness program for the school.

Minimum Qualifications

Basic Education Requirements: Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent, demonstrating ability to read, comprehend and apply written instructions, and a high degree of verbal skill.

Experience Requirements

• General Experience: 1 year of work involving people, establishing and maintaining relationships on a person‑to‑person basis, and may have involved supervising or participating in activities for medical or therapeutic purposes.
• Specialized Experience: 2 years of experience demonstrating basic health knowledge and practices (personal hygiene, common sanitary practices, symptoms of common illnesses) and the ability to use a computer and/or data processing systems.
• Total Experience: 3 years.

General Experience description: Work experience must have required the individual to establish and maintain working relationships with others on a person‑to‑person basis and may have involved supervising, counseling, screening, or serving as an informational resource for people seeking assistance, or for whom assistance is being provided. Experience may have been paid or volunteer and must have been continuous and independent.

Specialized Experience description: Work experience demonstrating possession of basic health knowledge and practices (personal hygiene, common sanitary practices, symptoms of common illnesses, etc.) and the ability to use a personal computer and/or data processing systems.

Substitutions Allowed

• Completion of a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in nursing or related field can substitute for one year of general experience and two years of specialized experience.
• Completion of a community college program or equivalent in medical assisting, human service, practical nursing or similar curriculum can substitute for one year of general experience and one year of specialized experience.
• Successful completion of formal coursework in health and personal hygiene, child care and home management covering hygiene, health and sanitation topics can substitute for one year of specialized experience.

Certification Requirement

• Current certification in first aid.
• Current certification in child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Benefits

10‑month civil service and SSP employees enjoy a range of competitive benefits:

• Holidays, personal leave, and sick leave (subject to collective bargaining agreement).
• Health insurance—state pays part of premiums for state-sponsored medical, drug, vision, and adult dental plans.
• Group life insurance—free policy for employees and retirees.
• Premium conversion plan—state deducts health care premiums before payroll taxes.
• Flexible spending accounts—pre‑tax funds for out‑of‑pocket health care and eligible dependent care expenses.
• Retirement plan—state contributes; eligibility for retirement after specified years of service and age.
• Tax shelter annuity (TSA) participation for eligible employees.
• Deferred compensation—tax‑deferred retirement investment program.
• Temporary disability insurance for eligible employees.
• Social security contributions.
• Workers' compensation benefits for on‑job injuries.
• Union & collective bargaining rights.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, National Guard participation, and on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991.